OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF OHIO 1964 1964 OPINIONS 759 to 1612 WILLIAM B. SAXBE Attorney General Opinions published quarterly with tables and index BANKS-BALDWIN LAW PUBLISHING COMPANY 01,dest Law Publishing House in America - Est. 1804 Cleveland Copyright 1965 Banks-Baldwin Law Publishing Company 1-3 PREFACE This volume inaugurates a new service whereby formal Opinions of the Attorney General of Ohio will be published promptly, in a form for ready access. The initial publication covers formal opinions written during the calendar year 1964. Commencing January 1, 1965, an Advance Sheets Service will be furnished quarterly and will keep the file· of opinions; tables of Ohio Constitution and Revised Code provisions construed, and the index up to date. Opinions of the Attorney General of Ohio are of greatest value during the period before the courts have had the time and the opportunity to clarify new legislation or to make changes in the common law of Ohio. It is at this point in time that problems regarding new statutes and points of the common law usually arise. A major function of the Opinions of the Attorney General of Ohio is to acquaint public officials and other interested parties with the interpretation of new statutes and the application of common law doctrines to new situations which arise from time to time. This function will be carried out more expediently by the prompt publication of Opinions of the Attorney General of Ohio. Because the Opinions were not heretofore publishednearly contemporaneously with their issue, inquiries are received again and again regarding questions which have be·en the subject of recent opinions. As the Opinions of the Attorney General of Ohio are now published on a quarterly basis, confusion and delay, as well as the time of public officers and other interested persons will be saved. The loose-leaf service, commencing with this volume, is the cooperative pro­ ject of the Publisher and the Office of the Attorney General. Both parties invite constructive criticism of this service to the end that it may be improved in quality and workability. Purposely the Publisher has utilized a low cost photo­ offset method of printing which, in our estimation, speeds publication and holds publication costs at a minimum without sacrificing the legibility or utility of the Service. I hope that this system of prompt dissemination of the Opinions of the Attorney General of Ohio will receive the support of the legislature, the bench and the bar, as well as those officials for whose use it is designed. Such support is essential to the continued publication of the Opinions in this form. WILLIAM B. SAXBE Attorney General of Ohio December 21, 1964 1-5 ATTORNEYS GENERAL of the STATE OF OHIO Note: The office or Attorney General was established as an elective office by the Constitution or 1851. and the term or office was two years. By an amendment made in- 1954 the term or office is now four years. Henry Stanberry ................. 1846-1851 Joseph McCormick ................ 1851-1852 George E. Pugh .................. 1852-1854 George W. McCook ................ 1854-1856 Francis D. Kimball ............... 1856- C .P. Wolcott (a) .................. 1856-1861 James Murray ................... 1861-1863 Lyman R. Critchfield .............. 1863-1865 William P. Richardson ............. 1865- Chauncey N. Olds (b) .............• 1865-1866 William H. West ................. 1866-1868 Francis B. Pond ..............•.• 1868-1872 John Little ..................... 1872-1878 Isaiah Pillars .......•........... 1878-1880 George K. Nash .................. 1880-1883 D.A. Hollingsworth (c) ............. 1883-1884 James Lawrence ................. 1884-1886 Jacob A. Kohler .................. 1886-1888 David K. Watson ................. 1888-1892 John K. Richards ................. 1892-1896 Frank S. Monnett ................. 1896-1900 John W. Sheets .................. 1900-1904 Wade H. Ellis (e) ................. 1904-Nov., 1908(d) Ulysses G. Denman (f) ............. Nov.,1908- 1911 Timothy S. Hogan ................. 1911-1915 Edward C. Turner ................ 1915-1917 Joseph McGee ................... 1917-1919 John G. Price ................... 1919-1923 C. C. Crabbe .................... 1923-1927 Edward C. Turner ................ 1927-1929 Gilbert Bettman .................. 1929-1933 John W. Bricker ................. 1933-1937 Herbert S. Duffy ................. 1937-1939 Thomas J. Herbert ................ 1939-1945 Hugh S. Jenkins .................. 1945-1949 Herbert S. Duffy ................• 1949-1951 C. William O'Neill ................ 1951-1957 William B. Saxbe ................. 1957-1959 Mark McElroy ................... 1959-1963 William B. Saxbe . 1963- Note: (a) Appointed vice Francis D. Kimball. who resigned September. 1856. (b) Appointed February 20. 1865. vice William P. Richardson. who was elected while a Colonel in command or Camp Chase. Columbus. Ohio. and resigned as Attorney 1-6 General in February, 1865. and remained in the service. (c) Appointed April 21, 1883, vice George K. Nash, who resigned to become a member of the Supreme Court Com­ mission. (d) Term extended to 1909byconstitutionalamendment. (e) Resigned November. 1908, to become· Assistant United states Attorney General. (f) Appointed November, 1908, for \Ulexpired term end­ ing January. 1909, vice Wade H. Ellis. resigned: then served the full term commencing January 11. 1909. 1-7 ATTORNEY GENERAL OF OHIO Personnel of Office December 8, 1964 William B. Saxbe, Attorney General Gerald A, Donahue, First Assistant Attorney General Larry Snyder, Chief CoW1sel Assistant Attorneys General Acerno, Joseph A. Hampton, Kenneth s. Baird, William C. Hansen, AlfreQ F. Barnard, Dale E. Hayes, William T. Bartunek, Allen J. Heffernan, Bernard L, Berkley, Leonard Hess, Thomas Bodoh, William T. High, Theodore K. Bowers, H. William Howdyshell, Walter J. Brake, Larry G. Hynes, Bart R. Brown, William W. Jackson, F, Sewall Brownlee, Wyant C. Jewett, Reed P. Burke, Lillian W. Johnson, C, Howard Burwell, Uoyd W. Jones, Donald L. Busch, Thomas H. Kandel, Harry N. Carpenter, George L. Kessler, David L. Celusta, John O. Kidd, Athony R. Cherrill, E. Donna Kilcoyne, J. Dar>.iel Cianflona, John Knapp, Charles F. Clark, William A, Knouff, Harold A, Colasurd, Donald M. Lang, Bruno Cole, John R, Lantz, Duane F. Collins, William M. Lanza, Louis R. Conway, Leo J. Lee, Andrew Jr. Cunningham, Pierce E, Leonard, William L. Curtice, William L. Jr, Lewis, Harry DeCessna, Donald A, Lindley, Edgar L. DeJute, Anthony M. Lindsey, John R. Dobnicker, Allan D. Lumpe, J, Richard Douthett, Marshall B. Manos, Eli Duncan, Robert M, Marchbank, Ray L. Jr. Dunn, Eagil.eton F, Marshall, Paul Dunphy, James M. Masters, Joseph M. Dunton, Winifred A. Mastics, George E. Dutro, Hubert C. Jr. Miller, David E. Early, Chester R, Morehart, Joseph C. Ebeling, Harry G, Morgan, David E. Eisenberg, Richard D, Moulton, Thomas S. England, John o. Moyer, Thomas.J. Everhart, Eugene P. Newcomer, James D. Fanelly, Angelo A. Noble, Ford L. Flowers, Jay C, Ostrander, James L. Foley, K, Michael Paulino, Harry R. Galbraith, John A. Peck, John E. Gallas, James S. Perry, Robert J. Galownia, Frank J. Petzold, John P. Gill, James F. Pisarro, Joseph J. Godwin, Ralph C. Pohl, David H. Greenspun, A, L. Poorman, Joseph J. Greiner, Ted R. Rattan, James E. 1-8 Assistants - continued Redick, Clark G. Stehle, William L. Redick, John P. Sullivan, Noel E. Reid, Arthur J. Jr. Talbott, Harold B. Reiners, Fred G. Tate, Daronne R. Rhoads, I. Charles Tekulve, Charles J. Rickman, James W. Underwood, Mell G. Jr. Riseling, Jerry L. Valentine, John D. Roberts, Shearl J. Van Buren, Stanley K. Rogers, William A. Jr. Waldeck, John J. Ruben, Donald E. Walsh, John M. Savasten, Harry N. Wertz, Neva H. Scherrer, Terrence M. Wharton, Joanne Sentz, John A. Jr. Whitker, Frederick E. Sepessy, Edward L. Widican, George L. Sharpe, Clarence Williams, Glen A. Sheeter, Franklin Wistner, Robert Smith, George c. Zellers, Paul T. Sokolsky, Morris M. Ziegler, Jon A. Stark, Leo P. 1-9 OHIO REVISED CODE CHAPTER 109 AITORNEY GENERAL OJ'ur 2d: 49, State of Ohio § 12 ORGANIZATION, POWERS AND DUTIES 109.02 (333). Duties. 109.01 Election; term. JO!.' 02 Duties. The attorney general is the chief law officer for the 109.03 Appointment of assistant attorney general and chie~ state and all its departments and shall have an office counsel; duties. in the statehouse. No state officer, board, or the head 109.04 Powers and duties of first assistant attorney general. 109.05 Emisloyees. of a department or institution of the state shall employ, 109.06 Bond. or be represented by, other counsel or attorneys at law. 109.07 Special counsel. The attorney general shall appear for the state in the l09.08 Special counsel to collect claims. trial and argument of all civil and criminal causes in 109.09 Action on official bonds. 109.10 Proceedings in quo warranto. the supreme court in which the state is directly or 109.ll Canal land disputes; title. indirectly interested. When required by the governor 109.12 Legal advice to state officers and boards. or the general assembly, he shall appear for the state 109.13 General assembly may require written opinions. 109.14 Attorney general shall advise prosecuting attorneys. in any court or tribunal in a cause in which the state is 109.15 Forms of contracts. a party, or in which the state is directly interested. 109.16 Suits may be brought in Franklin county. Upon the written request of the governor, he shall 109.17 Writs in other counties. prosecute any person indicted for a crime. 109.18 Service by publication. 109.19 Security for costs and verification of pleadings. See Townsend Corporation Manual, Form 55.45 109.20 Actions to be taken out of their order. See Baldwin's School Laws Text § 2. 109.21 Annual report. Actions against treasurer of state under provisions relatinr. 109.22 Registers shall be kept. to "Torrens act" to be defended by the attorney genera , 5310.10. CHARITABLE TRUSTS Actions in quo warranto, duties and powers of attorney 109.23 Definition of charitable trust; application. general, 109.10, 1331.11, 1331.12, 2733.03. 109.24 Enforcement.